The Monckton ~ Duple or British white Feathers ~ Duple is an American Country Dance. It was devised by Hezekiah Cantelo in 1785 and published in Twenty Four American Country Dances danced by the British during their Winter Quarters at Philadelphia, New York, & Charles Town. It was interpreted by George Williams in 2022. Originally a Triple Minor this version is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 48 bars.
Cantelo writes:
First Lady foots it with the 2d. Gen: and turns him to the Right · 1st. Gen: Ditto with the 2d. Lady Gallop down two Couple and foot it · Gallop up and cast off Four hands the round with the 3d. Couple · Right and Left at the top
The only difficulty in interpretation is in C1 which consists of a circle four that is supposed to take 8 bars. I presume this means a circle left followed by a circle right.
Monckton is a city in the Maritime Provinces. Or a place in Yorkshire.
The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.
The dances of George Williams (including interpretations like this one) are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike: CC BY-NC-SA license.
An online description of the dance may be found here.
A1 | 1-4 | W1+M2 foot it (set forward twice) |
5-8 | ...and right hand turn | |
A2 | 1-4 | M1+W2 foot it |
5-8 | ...and right hand turn | |
B1 | 1-4 | 1s gallop down passing two couples |
5-8 | ... and foot it | |
B2 | 1-4 | 1s gallop up |
5-8 | 1s long cast down as 2s wait and lead up | |
C1 | 1-4 | Circle left with next neighbors... |
5-8 | ...and back to the right | |
C2 | 1-8 | With original neighbors face partner, four changes of rights and lefts |
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